Heinz Salad Cream - 285g

Salad cream sits at the heart of the classic British salad, which for a long time meant lettuce, tomato, cucumber, a boiled egg and a generous drizzle of this across the top. It is a sandwich hero too, mashed into egg or poured over cheese and a bit of ham.

People in Canada go looking for it because the egg sandwich they remember needs this exact bottle, and memory is very fussy about these things. A craving for salad cream does not take substitutes. It just sulks until it gets what it wants.

This is the 285g bottle, a tidy size that tucks into the fridge door without a fight. It pours rather than plops, so a little goes a long way on a salad, a jacket potato, a bacon sandwich or a pile of chips. Give it a shake first, out of habit if nothing else.

Heinz makes a good chunk of the British cupboard, and salad cream tends to land in the basket next to Heinz Baked Beans and Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Put the three together and you have more or less a British childhood in one order.